About Read Fort Worth

Fort Worth has formed an unprecedented coalition of business, civic, education, philanthropic, nonprofit and volunteer leaders to ensure that 100 percent of Fort Worth third-graders are reading to learn – not learning to read – by 2025.

Why Third-Grade Reading?

Studies show that 75 percent of students who struggle with reading in third grade never catch up. Those students are four times as likely to drop out of high school.

Growth and Opportunity

Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. But only 1 of every 3 third-graders in Fort Worth are reading on grade level.

Driven by Data

The partnership will use data-driven analyses to engage the community, to identify areas of opportunity and to scale up what works to improve results.

Literacy by the Numbers

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Fort Worth residents – one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities

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percent of third-graders are reading on grade level

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percent of third-graders who struggle with reading never catch up

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of the FWISD’s 87,000 students are in pre-K through third grade

Leadership

Read Fort Worth has extraordinary leadership in Mayor Betsy Price, Fort Worth school district Superintendent Kent Scribner and Matt Rose, executive chairman of BNSF Railway, who will lead the partnership’s executive council.

Data insights

Our approach

Read Fort Worth will serve as a backbone organization that connects and supports existing initiatives, programs and providers through data, communications, and facilitation to dramatically improve early childhood results.
The partnership will begin with a tight focus on the Fort Worth school district and its 34,000 students in pre-K through third grade while laying a foundation for an effort that can grow to serve and partner with organizations across the region.

Connecting programs, services and other efforts

across the city toward shared attainment of community early childhood goals

Growing the capacity

of the early education system to drive results through actionable data, communications and facilitation.

How can I help?

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